Button.



F. L. LA POINT.

BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED 001.20. 1911.

1,266,961v Patented May 21,1918.

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FRANK L, LA POINT, OF KITCHENER, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO HERBERT O. MCDOWELL AND HARRY N. LINCOLN, TRADING UNDER THE FIRM-NAME OF INTER- NATIONAL SUPPLY 00., OF KITCHENER, ONTARIO, CANADA.

BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1918.

1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK L. LA POINT, of the city of Kitchener, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to means for fastening buttons to fabrics and my object is to devise fastening means which will enable the button to sit as close as possible to the surface of the fabric, and which therefore is particularly valuable in securing buttons used as ornaments on slippers, pumps and the like.

I attain my object by forming an undercut circular recess in the underside of the button. A short tube of malleable metal has one end expanded into the recess. The other end is preferably split longitudinally at several points and after being passed through a hole in the fabric is turned out and clenched.

The button and fastener are constructed in detail substantially as hereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a cross section of a button ready for the application of the fastening device;

Fig. 2 a side elevation of the piece of tubing forming the fastening device;

Fig. 3 a cross section showing the fastening device connected with the button;

Fig. 4: a similar view showing the button secured to the piece of fabric; and

Fig. 5 a plan view of the under side of the button.

In the drawings like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures. All the drawings are shown on an enlarged scale.

1 is the button, which may be made of any suitable material and has the undercut recess 2 formed therein. 3 is a piece of tubing of malleable metal, the upper side of which is expanded into the recess 2. The button fastening means remain in the condition shown in Fig. 3 until the button is to be connected to the piece of fabric, when a hole is formed in the fabric through which the tube is passed and the free end of the tube then expanded and clenched as shown in Fig. a against the under side of the fabric.

To facilitate this expanding and clenching the free end of the tube is preferably slit as shown at 4.

On reference particularly to Fig. 4, it will be seen that the button is very securely held and that it sits as closely to the surface of the fabric as possible, which is an important consideration with the buttons used for ornamentation only, and particularly with those used on pumps and shoes. At the same time the construction lends itself readily for use where buttons are required for service and without projecting too far from the surface of the fabric to which they are connected.

hat I claim as my invention is 1. A non-plastic button having an undercut circular recess cut in its under side in combination with a short tube having one end expanded into said recess and its other end split longitudinally at a plurality of points around its circumference.

2. A non-plastic button having an undercut circular recess cut in its under side in combination with a short tube having one end expanded into said recess and its other end expanded and clenched to grip against the underside of the button a piece of fabric through which the tube has been passed.

Signed at Kitchener this 10th day of October 1917.

FRANK L. LA POINT.

Witnesses:

W. P. CLEMENT, EVA B. CLEMENs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of ZPatents, Washington, D. C." 

